A model to predict saturated critical heat flux in minichannels and microchannels

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-270

  Koşar, Ali ^a  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Boiling instabilities; Critical heat flux; Microchannels; Minichannels; Saturated convective boiling

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; HEAT FLUX; HEATING EQUIPMENT; TABLE LOOKUP;

BOILING INSTABILITIES; CONSISTENT PERFORMANCES; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; CRITICAL HEAT FLUXES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; MASS VELOCITIES; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERRORS; MINICHANNELS; NEW MODELS; SATURATED CONVECTIVE BOILING; STRONG CORRELATIONS; WORKING FLUIDS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 56649108020     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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